> It takes a large investment upfront and then pays out slowly Does it really? Sure, timeless classics pay out over a long period of time but they are by far t

> It takes a large investment upfront and then pays out slowly Does it really? Sure, timeless classics pay out over a long period of time but they are by far the exception. I'll wager that the vast majority of copyrighted works make the vast majority of their money in the first decade. So why do we need essentially perpetual copyright? (Essentially perpetual because almost none of the works created in my lifetime will ever pass out of copyright before I die)